Real-time fact-checking of the State of the Union

Side-by-side twitter streams of PolitiFact and Colonel Tribune during the 2012 State of the Union

Side-by-side twitter streams of PolitiFact and Colonel Tribune during the 2012 State of the Union

James Janega

Ever have the sense a political statement wasn't all-true?

As our digital ambassador Colonel Tribune" href="http://www.twitter.com/ColonelTribune">Colonel Tribune shared links to our coverage and "live-tweeted" President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, PolitiFact provided real-time fact checks of claims in the speech and the Republican response that followed.

The combination gave Chicago Tribune readers a chance to keep political statements in context. Information from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact.com, dedicated to sorting truth from fiction, is one new and exciting facet of our coverage until Election Day on Nov. 6.

Among Tuesday’s checks: Did the EPA regulate farmers' spilled milk? What did happen with Solyndra" href="http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2011/nov/15/americans-prosperity/solyndra-ad-president-barack-obama-taxpayer-money/">Solyndra? Does the U.S. have 100 years of natural gas?